A waning crescent Moon occults the 1st-magnitude star Antares ... One member of this stellar quartet - Sigma - provides the Southern Hemisphere's best Pole Star. The actual pole resides a bit ...
And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky ... appear the brightest on cloudless nights when the moon wanes smallest. The Southern Hemisphere will have the best view of Eta Aquarids, but ...
Each of these primary moon phases marks a quarter of the lunar cycle and lasts only a moment. The remaining phases – "waxing crescent ... when it's waning. (In the Southern Hemisphere ...